Local faithful make 1,000 rosaries for beatification

Members of the Rosary Ministry at Christ the King Parish crafted 1,075 rosaries for the beatification Mass of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. The project began in June after Dolores Mozzillo, the director of religious education at the parish, learned that the Pontifical Mission Societies planned to collect 75,000 rosaries for the September 24 celebration.

The group originally aimed to make 1,000 rosaries, but the number of volunteers grew as the project gained attention. Participants, including Bernadette and Tony Brennan, used glue and nail polish to assemble the items, which required hanging to dry. On September 10, ministry members packed the World Mission Rosaries into boxes to be mailed to the Midwest. These rosaries were intended to be blessed and used during the Mass for the now-blessed Sheen in St. Louis.